use posix_fallocate when initialiying rrd files ... instead of filling them with...

[rrdtool.git] / src / rrd_open.c

diff --git a/src/rrd_open.c b/src/rrd_open.c
index 117c79c..0de9b39 100644 (file)
--- a/src/rrd_open.c
+++ b/src/rrd_open.c
@@ -222,12 +222,20 @@ rrd_file_t *rrd_open(
         rrd_file->file_len = statb.st_size;
     } else {
         rrd_file->file_len = newfile_size;
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+        if (posix_fallocate(rrd_simple_file->fd, 0, newfile_size) == -1) {
+            rrd_set_error("posix_fallocate '%s': %s", file_name,
+                          rrd_strerror(errno));
+            goto out_close;
+        }
+#else
         lseek(rrd_simple_file->fd, newfile_size - 1, SEEK_SET);
         if ( write(rrd_simple_file->fd, "\0", 1) == -1){    /* poke */
             rrd_set_error("write '%s': %s", file_name, rrd_strerror(errno));
             goto out_close;
         }
         lseek(rrd_simple_file->fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+#endif
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE
     /* In general we need no read-ahead when dealing with rrd_files.
@@ -248,6 +256,7 @@ rrd_file_t *rrd_open(
 */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP
+#ifndef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
        /* force allocating the file on the underlaying filesystem to prevent any
         * future bus error when the filesystem is full and attempting to write
         * trough the file mapping. Filling the file using memset on the file
@@ -279,6 +288,7 @@ rrd_file_t *rrd_open(
 
                lseek(rrd_simple_file->fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
     }
+#endif
 
     data = mmap(0, rrd_file->file_len, 
         rrd_simple_file->mm_prot, rrd_simple_file->mm_flags,